San Antonio Cookery Contest Prizes Auctioned at Fair
The San Antonio Free Food Fair and Cooking School awarded prizes for loaf cake layer cake pie and doughnuts with 1100 entries. Winners included Mrs. C. K. Cunningham for loaf cake and Mrs. H. R. Moore for layer cake. The items were auctioned by the San Antonio Playground Association raising $83.57 to equip Washington Park.
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C. K. Cunningham
North Street
San Antonio
H. R. Moore
South Presa Street
P. C. Wood
Spofford Avenue
Feldom Cramer
Burleson Street
St. Clair
Alamo Furniture Company
Sevcong
F. A. Crow
West Florida Street
Universal Round
Martin Wright
Rupture Cure Secret Free Offer
Advertisement promises a free rupture cure with no charge and asks readers to mail their address to receive further information. It emphasizes personal benefit and domestic postal correspondence as the method of delivery.
Will aid government by renouncing salary and pay
Capt. Spender-Clay declares in London his intent to renounce his 1600 salary as MP and 2250 army pay as staff officer. He is Baron Astor family by marriage, heir to his wife’s millions and his own substantial means.
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Capt
Spender-Clay
London
Baron Astor
Hever
William Waldorf Astor
Lemon flavoured apple pie recipe from prize writing
The second prize winning pie recipe features a crust of two cups flour half teaspoon salt Four tablespoons lard and half cup water. Filling uses four medium apples peeled quartered and sliced thin with half cup sugar two tablespoons flour and remaining sugar and flour layered with butter bits. Flavoring optional. Bake thirty minutes at moderate heat.
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Jack May
East
Quincy Street
Everwear
Tips Hardware Company
J. W. Craige
Merchant Street
Red Star Milling Company
Tayer Cake Division
H. R. Moore
South Presa Street
Hoosier
Household Furniture Company
Noel Smith
Weat Mistletoe Avenue
Martin’ Wright
M. B. Johnson
Yale Avenue
W. A. Morris
East Locust Street
P. C. Woods
Pofford Avenue
Idea
G. A. Stowers Furniture Company
T. B. Roby
Wyammond Avenue
Graham & Collins
O. Brock
East Houston Street
Feldom Cramer
Burleson Street
Leonard
L. P Peck Furniture Company
Bertha Morris
Denver Boulevard
Hot Point
Graham and Collins
B. Badger Jr
Simstock Avenue
Universal Bread Maker
Tips Hardware
W. H. Boyd
North Olive Street
Jean Prescott Adams
San Antonio
Little Rock
Ark
Armour’s Men
Sun Maid
San Antonio Playground Association
Playground Association
Adams
Light's Food Show profits aid Playground Association
Mrs. Belle Dilgarde, president of the Playground Association, thanked The Light for turning over more than 83 dollars raised at the Food Show and Cooking School auction of cakes and pastries. The funds will support playground work in San Antonio benefiting hundreds of children and local home economics education.
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Playground Association
Belle Dilgarde
E Light
The
Light
Mayor to Discuss Citizens League Convention Dilemma
Mayor Brown favors a delegate convention to choose a party nominee for the fire and police commissionership with a leaders’ conference planned within days. A three way race could risk a narrow Brown victory but energize opposition before county primaries.
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Citizens’ League
Fire and Police
Brown
Robert F. Uhr
Uhr
Fred Fries
Steves
T. Fincham
Police and Fire Committee
Fries
Fincham
Friends
Whisky hunt for sunk river steamboat at Elk Point
George Cole of Alcester believes a sunken Missouri river steamboat south of Elk Point holds a large amount of good whiskey in 57 year old casks. He plans to pump out sand and silt with dredging equipment rented from Hawarden Sand and Gravel to recover any liquor and lumber aboard.
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Alcester
George Cole
Missouri River
Elk Point
George
Big Sioux
Missouri
Cole
False Note Echoes From the Parlor Distressed Call
An excerpt shows a daughter singing and calling for help in a parlor as the rest of the scene breaks into a tense silence. The garbled speech and partial phrases imply an anxious household moment without full context.
Tiz Foot Bath Promises Instant Relief for Troubled Feet
An advertisement extols Tiz foot bath to soothe tender corns callouses bunions and aching feet. It claims immediate relief reduces swelling and exudations and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at drug or department stores.
Delegates Seen As Clarifying Political Atmosphere
Three active candidates for the position would not materially change conditions if more candidates declare. County officers say the outcome would still depend on a delegate convention to clarify the political atmosphere and influence current contenders.
Fletcher Way murder case set for Monday trial
The case of Fletcher Way charged by indictment with the killing of Louis McSlin Sr. is set for Monday in the Thirty-seventh district court. A continuance has been granted and a special venire of 200 men has been summoned to select a jury.
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Fletcher Way
Louis Mc Slin Sr
Thirty-seventh District Court
Local ads list painters and cafe services in YWCA scene
T B Check and Co painters and paperhangers advertise Cr. 4616 with Mrs Croas offering home cooked meals at the Y W C A cafeteria at moderate prices. D Orchestra Cr. 2683 appears in the notice.
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T. B. Check & Co
Saengerfest Fund Drive Underway in San Antonio
Saengerfest campaign gains Chamber of Commerce support to raise 8000 dollars for the May state Saengerfest. Committees start this week to secure funds for what may become the city's largest gathering this year.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Superfluous Hair Killed With Electric Needle Ad
An advertisement by Mrs Gallagher for Diaz Sisters' orchestra at Cravis 8385 promotes an electric needle service at Crockett 4981 with a claimed guaranteed result.
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Crockett
Gallagher
Diaz
Cravis
Illinois Club plans meeting at Gunter hotel to elect officers
Plans are perfected for a meeting in the pink room of the Gunter hotel next Thursday night to complete the formation of the Illinois Club and elect officers. Natives of Illinois may join by filing names with Ben Sibley at 307 Calcasieu building or R L Colby at 607 Gibbs building by Wednesday.
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Illinois Club
Gunter Hotel
Illinois
Ben &. Sibley
Calcasieu Building
R. L. Colby
Gibbs Building
Hassell Osteopath Notice at 305 Ave D
Dra and Nellie Hassell advertise osteopathy services at 305 Avenue D in Travis offering treatments with a listed price of 357 dollars.
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Dra
Dulling Printing Co Adverts Calendars 1917 at Losoya Street
Advertising calendars for 1917 from Dulling Printing Co offer 600 samples with free delivery and a 10 percent discount if selected at the office located at 181 Losoya Street. Ady. signs the notice for the printing shop.
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Dulling Printing Co
Losoya St
Cozy Corner Saloon Ad Near Hot Wells
Cozy corner saloon opposite Hot Wells offers drinks chicken dinners and sandwiches. phone Cr. 3242. Adyv.
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Hot Wells
Swindling Charge Brought Over Aspirin Alleged Sugar
The grand jury returned an indictment against Ann Pongo for swindling 127 dollars and fifty cents from W. C. Buing after selling 34 pounds of aspirin later found to be sugar of milk. Additional indictments allege swindling over 60 dollars. The defendant remains under arrest.
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Char
Ann Pongo
W. CC. Buing
Sewer Connections and Plumbing Ad by W G Schuwirth Co
Local advertisement for sewer connections and plumbing services by W G Schuwirth & Co at 332 Commerce Street offering expert plumbing work and contact Crockett 641. Ad appears in the Crockett business directory listing.
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W. G. Schuwirth & Co
Commerce St
Crockett
Ady
Sunset Supply Wins 60 Day Disinfectant Contract
Will Test Germicides Bexar County awarded a 60 day contract to Sunset Supply to furnish disinfectants and insecticides as needed. The award followed action by the county commissioners yesterday.
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Bexar County
Act of the
Sunset Supply Company
Alamo Jewelry Co Buys Old Gold and Diamonds
Alamo Jewelry Co at 315 Alamo Plaza buys or takes in trade your old gold silver diamonds and old coins as a cash offer.
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Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Chicago Prominent Citizen Ate Arsenic Soup at Banquet
M. W. Murphy a notable Chicago figure attended a banquet in that city on February 10 where one of the chefs attempted poisoning. The incident centers on the meal titled arsenic soup and raises questions about security at the event.
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M. W. Murphy
Chicago
Visitor accused of poisoning Mundelein travels to San Antonio
A man accused of poisoning Archbishop Mundelein and guests by arsenic in soup arrived in San Antonio with his family for a weeks long stay. He and others at the banquet faced illness for several days due to the poison.
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Mundelein
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Murphy
Hudson Super Six earns amid wage row at Richey Livery
Classified item notes Hudson Super Six at two dollars fifty cents per hour for the Richey Auto Livery job. Cr. eight new.
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Overland Auto Divery
Soledad St
Richey Auto
County Grants Permit for New Y Track on Broadway
The county commissioners approved a traction company plan to install a new Y on the Alamo Heights line at the loop’s start on Broadway just inside the city limits. Work will be supervised by the county engineer.
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The
Traction Company
Alamo
Broadway
County awards binding block maps contract to Maverick Clarke
The county commission yesterday awarded the binding block maps contract to Maverick Clarke Lithographing, with a total price of 857 dollars and 60 cents. Albert V. Huth of the assessor's office oversaw the project.
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Albert V. Huth
Maverick-Clarke Lithographing Company
Queen Esther Court to Meet at Gunter Hotel
The regular meeting of Queen Esther Court Order of Amaranth will be held at 8 o clock Monday night in the pink room of the Gunter hotel. All members are requested to attend.
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Gunter
Queen Esther Court
Order of Amaranth
Gunter Hotel
Rev. Hugh W. Hoon Dies in Taylor at 44
Rev. Hugh W. Hoon, former pastor of the Utica Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, died in Taylor Texas at 2 45 PM Saturday. He was 44 and survived by his widow and two daughters Manila and Carroll Hoon. Hoon served in Utica before moving to Taylor in 1909 and later led First Presbyterian in San Antonio. He was a Mercer Pennsylvania native who came to Texas in 1908 and had recently visited San Antonio.
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Hugh W. Hoon
Utican Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Taylor
Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Hoon
Mercer
Coleman
Utica
Funeral services set for Monday afternoon
They will leave for Taylor Sunday to attend the funeral services, which will be held Monday afternoon.
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Taylor
Judge Corley Dies in Texas at 656 Years Old
Judge Archibald Wilson Corley a renowned Sutton West Virginia jurist died at 3 pm yesterday at his daughter Mrs L A Koenig’s home in LaCoste Texas. Survived by his widow and five daughters Genevieve Margaret Sara Koontz and Mrs Charley Mc Garr of LaCoste and Mrs Koenig. Body sent to San Antonio then to Sutton for funeral under Odd Fellows and Masons.
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A. W. Corley
Archibald Wilson Corley
Sutton
West Virginia
L. A. Koenig
LaCoste
Texas
Shelly-Loring Undertaking Company
San Antonio
Odd Fellows
Masons
Corley
Koontz
Charley McGarr
Genevieve
Margaret
Sara Corley
J H Strickland Dies in San Antonio at 54
J H Strickland, aged 54, a resident of San Antonio for eight years, died at 6 30 this morning. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
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J. H. Strickland
San Antonio
Strickland Funeral Arrangements Noted After Passing
The funeral for the deceased will be held at 2:80 this afternoon from 622 Cadwallader street with interment at Mission Burial Park. He is survived by his widow and six children including Mrs. G. W. Gibbons of Galveston and Mrs. A. Knowlton, Mrs. William Connell, and Miss Grace Strickland of San Antonio, and J. D. Strickland and Frank Strickland of San Antonio.
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Cadwallader Street
Mission Burial Park
G. W. Gibbons
Galveston
A. Knowlton
William Connell
Grace Strickland
San Antonio
J. D. Strickland
Frank Strickland
What Willie Would Do If He Had Five Million Dollars
A Philadelphia Record joke features a schoolmaster asking pupils to write what Epey could do with five million dollars. While others scramble to write long essays, Willie remains idle and responds that doing nothing is precisely what he would do if he were a millionaire.
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Epey
Iittie
Willie
Philadelphia Record
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Washington Park
Ugene M. Pullen, Carpenter
Marcellus Ave
Manasquan, N. J
the Union
Painless Dentists
Weet Commerce St
Noa Spears Company
Sunset Wood CO
Pune
Spender-Oday
Citizen’s League
Red Swan Coffee
Quali. Ys Fopani & Co., Coffee Roasters.— ( v
Flowers For the Living Club
A. M. Fischer
Camden Street
Fischer
O'Connell Loan Co
Houston St
W. Davis
Elgin
Waltham
Fee
Hicks
Carranza
Alphonse Trevino
United States
Ruhnke
Proudfoot
O. EF
Puppe
Trav
Messenger Boys
Php
Al 117
Shelley Undertaking Co
Pri
Uglaith
Peruna
L. A. Patterson
Utah Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
Peruna Company
Columbus, Ohio
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